Closest product to 500 – Two-digit times two-digit

Directions: Using the digits 1 to 9 at most one time each, place a digit in each box to find the closest product to 500

Hint

What digits can you put in the tens places to get close to 500?

Answer

36 x 14 = 504 is the closest we have found using 2×2 digits.

Source: Jessica Goree

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2 comments

  1. Rudolf Österreicher

    I can confirm that 36 * 14 = 504 is the best possible solution. There’s no other pair of two two-digit numbers that comes as close to 500 as this product.

  2. 33 times 15 equals 495

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